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Have a lovely weekend all my Flickr friends and thank you for all your kind comments & faves. Taken locally in June.
Male blackbird taken at Brent Reservoir (Welsh Harp). Running late, will catch up with you all soon.
Shot at high tide a little before sunset.
Bertra Strand is located on the southern shore of Clew Bay and connects the mainland to Bertra Island. This beach is a large crescent shaped shore with a sandy substrate. The strand at Bertra can be described as a ‘tombolo’, (a word derived from the Latin ‘tumulus’ meaning mound) which is defined as a landform where sand is deposited in a narrow connection between the mainland and an island.
This was taken as the sun had just dipped and bathed the sky in sun burnt orange.
Cape Woolamai, is not only known for its surfie culture but also its amazing sunsets. It either goes burnt orange or deep red or a combination of the two.
It is very difficult to take surfie images in the evening because of course the camera wants a slow shutter when you want to freeze the surfie. High ISO called for.
We met these little cygnets and their mum yesterday on our walk around Westport House. I don't normally see them come to the edge of the lake but they did today :-)
This is a 30 second exposure of That Mangrove Tree (see yesterdays post) after the sun had set and tide ventured in some more.
I know funny is in the ear of the listener but the other funny thing about this photo shoot is that when we got to the bottom of the stairs that lead onto this beach, my friend who has a holiday house nearby, turned left rather than right. I asked her where she was going. To the tree of course. I had only been once before but knew it was the wrong way.
Turns out she had previously been walking some distance, in the wrong direction to photograph the "wrong" mangrove tree!
Alittle while ago I posted a couple of images of this famous lone Mangrove tree, the site where I got stuck in the mud-like quicksand.
This was even later in the evening where the purple hues dominated the sunset and the tide had ventured further in, covering partly covering the aerial roots of the that help them survive in these salty waters.
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Early morning at the marina, New Haven at Phillip Island. Since I am in lockdown, I am going to have to try to scavenge 30 or so images from my trip away so be prepared for alot of beach images! (My garden in looking pretty good at the moment too so that might feature!).
The Sherpa would like to take credit for this image as I was photographing in a different location and after he went wandering, he came back and said I should walk around where he was to see the single boats with the mist hanging low in the background.
He was right. It was a good spot. I waited till the some came up and positioned it behind the mast. I took a few with it to the right of the boat as well.
And of course waited for the birds.
Keep safe and connected everyone.
Seen from my bedroom window during the most amazing thunderstorm. It was quite exciting, but I didn't manage to catch any lightning, it's always so fast !
~ Edited in Topaz Studio ~ Hope you like it and the sound effect - please right click on the link and open in a separate tab.
Thanks very much for looking and for your kind comments.
And many, many thanks to you all for helping this image into Explore on June 15th, 2020. Always lovely when that happens !
The low rainfall has exposed lots of rocks in the river down by Westport house. You can also use them to hope across the river in a few places if you don't want to walk up to the little red bridge in the distance.
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With the big increase in fees on here I'm evaluating my involvement. My subs aren't due until November but they are constantly urging me to pay now.
I'm deleting lots of old images and wondered what others felt.
If New Zealand has “that Wanaka tree”, Western Port has “that Mangrove Tree”
This lone mangrove at Tenby point draws photographers from far and wide, especially those wanting to capture long exposures. This requires the right timing of the tide. The mangroves of Western Port are at their most southern limit of distribution and only found along the sheltered bay areas. They are unique in being the only trees capable of living in the tidal zone along coastal or estuarine shorelines.
I had arranged to meet my friend who has a holiday home down that way, close to Phillip Island, for a sunset shoot. We left the men at home to cook dinner and the eye-roller tagged along. We set out hoping for a nice sunset and the right timing of the tide. There was rain on the horizon.
We were the only ones there on the thin strip of beach.
Bliss.
The tide was still out. I set up my tripod with a composition I liked and watched the evening unfold. It went through much iteration of cloud cover and light and the incoming of the tide creating different moods from the one location.
The area around the mangroves is deceptive in its solidity. What appears to be sand is actually a mudflat.
I knew I was stuck but did not want to move from my position. So I just kept shooting.
When it came time to move I could not lift my gumboots out of the mud. With the incoming tide I had sunk too low and had created a quicksand like scenario. It was time to admit my predicament and call for help. Being hauled out of the mud like a stuck cow by a friend and your eye-rolling daughter who could not stop laughing is something I am not going to live down in a hurry.
It was worth it though ;-)
This image was made when the sun was sitting low on the horizon and before the tide had strolled in. It was very windy so there is movement in the tree.